A Paris court on Thursday sentenced Mathias Pogba, the brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba, to three years in prison, with two years suspended, after he was convicted in a high-profile extortion case.
Mathias will serve one year of his sentence under house arrest, wearing an electronic bracelet, instead of being incarcerated.
The court also imposed a fine of 20,000 euros on Pogba for his role in attempting to extort 13 million euros ($13.5 million) from his brother in 2022. He was found guilty of pressuring Paul Pogba, his family, and business contacts to secure the payment.
AFP
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🚨In 2022, Paul Pogba was snatchèd from a Paris street by a gang of maskèd man.
They held assàult r!fles to his head and dèmandèd €13m.
Today, his own brother was ja!l£d for his part in the blàckmail plot.
But how did it come to this? Buckle in for the full, shock!ng story...
Our story begins in the mean suburbs of Paris, where Paul and his brother Mathias are raised by a single mum.
Wèirdly, Paul describes her as his "first girlfriend".
But while Paul's football career flourishes, his brother's goes in a different direction...
After leading France to the 2016 Euros final, Paul signs with Man United for a world record €105 million.
He dates an international popstar and their ear-splitting sex marathons stun staff at Manchester's Lowry Hotel.
When Paul wins the 2018 World Cup, he agrees to send money home to his brother and their childhood friends.
It's welcome news for Mathias, who is flunking his trial at KFC Uerdingen in 3. Liga.
But when Paul turns off the tap, they get àngry. Very angry.
Meanwhile, Mathias is released by Partick Th!stle...
On a dark night in 2022, Mat's friends k!dnàp Paul with assàult r!fles.
They drag him to an apartment in Paris and dèmànd €13m for "protection services."
He pays them €120k and lends them his credit card for a mega €57k spending spree at Adidas.
But it's not enough...
When it's clear Paul won't cough up the €13m, Mathias releases a video with "explosive!ve revelations" about his brother.
His claims?
That Paul paid a w!tch doctor €4 million to perform a series of ungodly hexes, including a cursè on Kylian Mbappe.
Mat also claimed Paul's w!tch had summoned a "plagu£ of butterflies" at the Euro 2016 final.
Considering the butterflies turned out to be moths, he may have over paid.
Mathias is Jailed for his part in the blackma!l plot, but is later released...
Fast forward to 2023. Paul's back at Juventus hoping to put the ordeal behind him.
But after training one day, he's told he has some visitors.
It's Mathias and his cron!es, who have driven from Paris to "remind Paul of his roots".
He hides in the training ground till they leave.
And the bad news keeps on coming.
Paul fa!ls a random drugs test, and gets slappèd with an 18 month ban.
Juventus rip up his contract, leaving him with plenty of time to focus on the trial of the century...
November 2024: Mathias is in court charged with extortion and crim!n@l conspir@cy, along with five of his friends.
Under questioning, the defendants insist they were forced into the k!dn@pping by shady “acquaintances” who they are too sc@rèd to name.
And there's more...
The alleged ringleader in the k!dn@pping, Roushdane K, claims he was shoʻt in the hand by these sinister puppeteers, showing a scar as proof.
Then, when two men sit down in the gallery during his testimony, a woman screams:
“They're outside, they're putting prèssure on him!”
Later another defendant, Adama C, is found ly!ng in the corridor of the courtroom “screaming face down” and sobbing.
Today, all six men were found gu!lty.
Paul's brother Mathias has been jailed for a year, while the ringleader, Roushdane K, got an 8 stretch.